Is Kendall Jenner the Next Top Model?

Or is she just a celebrity model?

As a self-proclaimed modelizer, I pay attention to the girls who walk the runways just as closely as I watch the clothes. Season after season there are scores of new faces trying to be the next Karlie Kloss—some make it and a lot don't. Depending on a model's agent, some newcomers book as many shows as they possibly can, while other bookers are more calculated about the shows their girls appear in. This season we've seen a very strategic booking with Kendall Jenner. The 18-year-old reality star first appeared as an exclusive at the Marc Jacobs show—arguably the most anticipated show of New York.

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In London, Jenner was seen sitting front row at the Topshop Unique show amongst celebrities, just a few seats down from Kate Moss, the day before she hit the catwalk for the second time at Giles. It appears that Jenner has found a friend in super-stylist Katie Grand, who casts and styles both the Giles and Marc Jacobs shows. Jenner was also seen partying at Grand's Love magazine party alongside cover girl Cara Delevingne.

The following week when all the models jetted off to Milan, Jenner skipped out to head back to California, where she and sister Kylie Jenner launched their own shoe collection at Nordstrom with Madden Girl. But today, Jenner was back on her catwalk game in Paris as an exclusive at Givenchy, one of the most coveted runway shows of the season—sharing the spotlight with superstars like Karen Elson, Mariacarla Boscono and Natasha Poly. Designer Riccardo Tisci has been known to make models' careers, as he did with Lara Stone, Joan Smalls, and another newcomer this season, Riley Montana—who booked his Spring 2014 advertising campaign before her first show season.

It seems that Jenner has all the right things in place to launch a serious career—the looks, a top-tier agency, and important names in the industry behind her. However, knowing that she has grown up like a Kardashian, some may find it hard to believe that she's willing to put in all the hard work that others have just to get to the same place. Even before Jenner stepped onto the modeling scene this season, she was a household name thanks to big sister Kim and her British teen-hearthrob boyfriend. I can't say I'm not interested to see what she does with all the momentum she's built up after the Fall 2014 collections are over. Do you think she has what it takes to be a top model?

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